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Mizuho May Seek to Meet Higher Capital Test

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Atsuko Fukase

Feb. 14, 2011 1:54 p.m. ET

TOKYO—Japanese banking giant Mizuho Financial Group Inc. aims to fulfill new capital requirements that will be applied to the world's top banks even if global regulators don't include it among institutions that are too big to fail, the head of its wholesale banking unit said.

"If we consider our bank as a global financial institution, aside from whether we need to be in this league or not, we need to make an effort to meet the new requirements," Mizuho Corporate Bank's chief executive officer and president, Yasuhiro...